Officer/ Senior Officer - Monitoring and Results Measurement (MRM)

Job Description

Title: Officer/ Senior Officer - Monitoring and Results Measurement (MRM)

Company Name: Swisscontact Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka, Sylhet

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's in Business/ Economics/ Statistics/ any other relevant discipline.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Project: Uttoron - Skills for better life Phase-II
∎ Commencement : Immediate
∎ Contract duration : Initially for 1 year, renewable based on satisfactory performance
∎ Location: Dhaka with frequent visits to relevant field locations in Sylhet
∎ Reports to : Team Leader, Uttoron - Skills for better life

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Monitoring and Results Measurement (MRM):
∎ Be familiar with the organization's MRM approach and ensure compliance with MRM guideline.
∎ Lead and contribute to planning, budgeting, monitoring & evaluation of project MRM activities; ensure timeliness and quality of work carried out.
∎ Develop MRM tools and databases to collect, preserve, and analyse MRM data as necessary.
∎ Ensure that project staff and partners collect and submit data as per the MRM plan; ensure that data collected is validated; ensure that the databases are regularly updated and support project staff in maintaining the databases.
∎ Work closely with implementation team for enhancing their capacity for proper data collection and reporting.
∎ Contribute in preparing various reports (e.g. monthly, quarterly and annual reports).
∎ Review the project log-frame, result chains, MRM plans and make necessary adjustments.
∎ Lead the designing, executing, and monitoring various studies including project evaluations, impact assessments.
∎ Provide technical support to project staffs and partners for all MRM related activities, promoting a results-based approach to MRM, emphasizing results and impacts.
∎ Participate in seminars and workshop, internally and externally, to disseminate the project learnings as required.
∎ Knowledge Management (KM):
∎ Design and implement a knowledge management plan aimed at enhancing knowledge harvesting and sharing based on various project interventions
∎ Develop and manage instruments for knowledge harvesting and sharing those with relevant stakeholders
∎ Lead the development of knowledge products, including lessons learned, studies and success stories.
∎ Other Responsibilities:
∎ Collaborate with the project staff for efficient and effective project implementation and mutual learning; perform as the resource person for MRM issues
∎ Maintain liaison with project partners and training centers
∎ Work closely with the communication personnel in development of various communication materials
∎ Take active participation in organizing events
∎ Support the team leader as necessary

Additional Requirements:
∎ Core Requirements:
∎ Effective team player and self-driven professional.
∎ Demonstrate ability in managing multiple tasks.
∎ Ability to think out of the box, asking questions and challenge the status quo.
∎ Proficient in written and oral communication skills both in Bangla and English.
∎ Ability to communicate clearly with internal and external stakeholders.
∎ Work with integrity and is committed to Swisscontact's core values.
∎ Operate effectively and efficiently under stressful situations and tight deadlines.
∎ Demonstrate awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity and inclusion (e.g. Differently Abled People -DAP).
∎ Attentive to details and quality.
∎ Willingness to travel in the field on frequent basis.
∎ Technical Requirements:
∎ At least 3 years of professional experience in project work and familiar with Monitoring and Results Measurement and Knowledge Management concepts and requirements.
∎ Experience of working with INGOs or international donor agencies will be an advantageous.
∎ Knowledge of the TVET and skills development sector in Bangladesh will be preferred.
∎ Excellent working knowledge of computer applications like MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point) and SPSS.
∎ Working Conditions and Environment:
∎ This will be according to the Swisscontact Staff Manual

Application Deadline: February 12, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Swisscontact Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development